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Firefighters Salary in Durham, NC

Estimates come from the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, the closest geography BLS publishes.

The median annual pay for Firefighters in Durham, NC is $38,350, 35% lower than the national median. BLS reports wages at the metro level, and Durham sits within the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC metro area, so this is the closest official estimate for the city.

Across the Durham-Chapel Hill, NC area, Firefighters pay runs from $31,200 to $58,000 a year, with about 1.2K people employed.

Median annual

$38,350

Median hourly

$18

Average annual

$42,480

Employed in metro

1.2K

Pay distribution

10th$31,200
25th$35,480
Median$38,350
75th$45,880
90th$58,000

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Hourly
$18.44
Daily
$148
Weekly
$738
Bi-weekly
$1,475
Monthly
$3,196
Annual
$38,350

$38,350 a year is around the 50th percentile for Firefighterss in Durham, NC. The median is $38,350.

Firefighters in other metro areas

  • San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$152,100
  • San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$113,700
  • New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$106,420
  • Bellingham, WA$101,130
  • Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$101,090
  • Fort Collins-Loveland, CO$99,930
  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$98,050
  • Vallejo, CA$95,950